

Right now the destination is "Shady XV," which hits stores Monday, and was still coming together in late October. Says Em of their partnership: "I come to him with the car, and he shows me where to drive it." Theirs is a tight alliance that began as a business relationship and became a friendship, and together they grew Shady into an internationally recognized brand that also includes a clothing line, a film division and a Sirius XM radio station. He is joined by his manager and business partner Paul Rosenberg, with whom he launched Shady Records in November 1999. In a rare sit-down interview with The Detroit News, Eminem is discussing "Shady XV," the new two-disc set that commemorates the first 15 years of his record label, Shady Records. He introduces himself and offers a hand-to-hand embrace that he pulls into a half-hug. Marshall Mathers enters the lobby of his Ferndale recording studio, located in a nondescript, heavily secured building in the city's industrial district.
